The MaxioTech MAP1602A along with YMTC Xtacking 3.0 NAND combo performs well even when dealing with lower capacity drives as the Patriot Viper VP4300 Lite 1TB, succeeding write rates over 900MB/s even when the pSLC cache has been fully filled. It makes use of HBM instead of DRAM caching, while the heatspreader does help with heat evacuation to permit operation in environments with less than ideal airflow, such as the Playstation 5.

The HD Tune Writes workload gives us an idea how the drive does perform when the pSLC cache is nearly filled up and how fast it can recover:

The drive is backed up by a 5-year warranty and a rated TBW of about 800TB, for the 1TB version. It can be found online for about 86 Euros, a similar price to other Maxio / YMTC based solutions.

Patriot Viper VP4300 Lite 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen4 x4 Gaming SSD is Recommended for:

We would like to thank again to Patriot Memory for making this review possible!